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Brokerage - Placement Officer - Social Care
3 months ago
What's involved with this role:
Job Ref:
Bromley RQ1217615
_A standard DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role_
The team requires a Brokerage/Placement Officer to take referrals and assessments from social work teams or the hospital to source placements or packages of care for individuals who have eligible social care needs.
You will be able to support the negotiation on fees and rates as well as having a good skillset in IT and experience of managing expectations and relationships.
Key Responsibilities:
- To receive referrals and assessments from Social Care for Service Users requiring services in a timely, professional, efficient and positive manner. To assess the needs and desired outcomes and to match these against an appropriate provision in order identify the best value placement for the Service User.
- To make recommendations to the Social Worker/ referrer on the most appropriate and best value options that will meet the service user's needs. To take responsibility for ensuring that the provider/organisation is both fit for purpose and able to meet the needs of the service user, including undertaking reference, registration and evaluation checks on the providers if required
- To ensure, where required, that notifications of service changes are made to the Finance department to ensure that, where required, financial assessments are undertaken of the Service User for calculation of contribution to the cost of the care package
- To negotiate the cost of placements and Support Packages to ensure that the Authority receives the best value service and the most appropriate care and support for our Service Users, taking into account all cost implications for recommended placements. Where Packages or services are contracted/ tendered to abide by the principles within the tendered contract.
- To undertake visits to providers for both individual Service Users and for general database records. To feedback findings, including recommendations as to the suitability of the provider to meet needs of potential placements.
- To liaise with social workers and other professionals and agencies regarding assessments of care needs and potential service providers to assist the development of appropriate and coherent care planning. This may include the negotiation with other agency representatives around contributions to service funding.
- To participate in a duty rota system dealing with all emergency placements received (Some positions include weekend working arrangements)
- On occasions to offer cover for the team leader in attending funding panels or meetings to present information on resource availability and to provide updates on referral status.
- To ensure that all work commissioned is entered onto the social care recording system as a service agreement and to notify appropriate officers for service authorisations and changes of care episodes.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.
_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._
Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
- Educated to a highlevel, A levels as a minimum
- Evidence of continued professional and personal development
- Experience of negotiating agreements or contracts
- Previous experience of a customer focussed environment
- A sound understanding of the Care Standards and relevant legislation and the CQC registration and approval process.
- A sound knowledge of the nature of social and healthcare service delivery in the community
- Ability to work within a framework of legislation, guidance, divisional policies and procedures and to be accountable to senior officers.
- The ability to understand and interpret to everyday activities the Council's Financial Regulations
- Skill in communicating orally and in writing in clear and correct English, including an ability to maintain concise and legible case records and the ability to produce reports as required
